EPCOS

With headquarters in Munich, EPCOS is a maker of a wide number of electrical components and systems. Their portfolio of electrical products ranges from capacitors to ceramic components, as well as items such as EMC filters, inductors, non-linear resistors and surface acoustic wave devices. EPCOS also produces a number of surge arrester products, RF modules and ferrites. The majority of its sensors and other sensing equipment products are manufactured at its facility in Berlin, while its capacitors and inductors are made in Heidenheim. The business has factories in Bavaria, Brazil, the United States, the Czech Republic and several in India. Part of the widely-recognised TDK Group, EPCOS has a truly global presence, with sales operations all over Europe, Asia and the Americas. The business complies with the two international quality system standards of ISO 9001 and ISO TS 16949, which means that its products are geared to the demands of the automotive industry. The company backs this up with a quality management system, which, it says, is designed to achieve zero defects at all times.